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2020 Bowl Results & Points of Interest

December 21st:

Sun Belt Conference (SBC), Appalachian State 56 vs Conference USA (C-USA), North Texas 28

Running Conference Results: SBC 1-0 / C-USA 0-1

December 22nd:

(1) Independent (IND), BYU 49 vs American Athletic Conference (AAC), Central Florida 23

Running Conference Results: IND 1-0 / AAC 0-1

(2) Mountain West Conference (MWC), Nevada 38 vs AAC Tulane 27

Running Conference Results: MWC 1-0 / AAC 0-2

December 23rd:

(1) SBC, Georgia Southern 38 vs C-USA Louisiana Tech 3

Running Conference Results: SBC 2-0 / C-USA 0-2

(2) AAC, Memphis 25 vs C-USA, Florida Atlantic 10

Running Conference Results: AAC 1-2 / C-USA 0-3

December 24th:

MWC, Hawaii 28 vs AAC, Houston 14

Running Conference Results: MWC 2-0 / AAC 1-3

December 25th:

Mid-American Conference (MAC) Buffalo 17 vs C-USA, Marshall 10

Running Conference Results: MAC 1-0 / C-USA 0-4

December 26th:

(1) IND, Liberty 37 vs SBC, Coastal Carolina 34

Running Conference Results: IND 2-0 / SBC 2-1

(2) SBC, Georgia State 39 vs C-USA, Western Kentucky 21

Running Conference Results: SBC 3-1 / C-USA 0-5

(3) SBC, Louisiana 31 vs C-USA Texas San Antonio 24

Running Conference Results: SBC 4-1 / C-USA 0-6

December 27th & 28th:

No Games!

December 29th:

(1) Big 12 (B-12) OK St., 37 vs Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Miami 34

Running Conference Results: B-12, 1-0 / ACC, 0-1

(2) B-12 Texas 55 vs PAC-12, Colorado 23

Running Conference Results: B-12, 2-0 / PAC-12, 0-1

December 30th:

(1) Big-10 (B-10), Wisconsin 42 vs ACC, Wake Forest 28

Running Conference Results: B-10, 1-0 / ACC, 0-2

(2) B-12, Oklahoma 55 vs SEC, Florida 20

Running Conference Results: B-12, 3-0 / SEC, 0-1

December 31st:

(1) SEC, Miss St. 28 vs AAC, Tulsa 26

Running Conference Results: SEC, 1-1 / AAC, 1-4

(2) MAC, Ball State 34 vs MWC, San Jose St. 13

Running Conference Results: MAC, 2-0 / MWC, 2-1

(3) B-12, West Virginia 24 vs IND, Army 21

Running Conference Results: B-12, 4-0 / IND, 2-1

January 1st:

(1) B-10, Northwestern 35 vs SEC, Auburn 19

Running Conference Results: B-10, 2-0 / SEC, 1-2

(2) SEC, Georgia 24 vs AAC, Cincinnati 21

Running Conference Results: SEC, 2-2 / AAC, 1-5

(3) SEC, Alabama 31 vs ACC, Notre Dame 14

Running Conference Results: SEC 3-2 / ACC 0-3

(4) B-10, Ohio State 49 vs ACC, Clemson 28

Running Conference Results: B-10, 3-0 / ACC, 0-4

January 2nd

(1) SEC, Kentucky 23 vs ACC, NC State 21

Running Conference Results: SEC, 4-2 / ACC 0-5

(2) SEC, Ole Miss 26 vs B-10, Indiana 20

Running Conference Results: SEC, 5-2 / B-10, 3-1

(3) B-12, Iowa State 34 vs PAC-12, Oregon 17

Running Conference Results: B-12, 5-0 / PAC-12, 0-2

(4) SEC, Texas A&M 41 vs ACC, North Carolina 27

Running Conference Results: SEC, 6-2 / ACC, 0-6

Conference Results: 10 conference and the Independents were treated as an 11th entry!

1st. B-12: 5-0 / 100%: Iowa State, OU, Ok State, Texas & West Virginia all won their Bowl games

2nd. MAC 2-0 / 100%: Buffalo & Ball State won their respective bowls

3rd. SBC 4-1 / 80%: Louisiana, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, & Appalachian State won, while SBC Champ, Coastal Carolina lost their game!

4th. SEC: 6-2 / 75%: Alabama, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, & Georgia all won. Auburn & Florida lost!

5th. B-10: 3-1 75%: Ohio State, Northwestern & Wisconsin won / Indiana lost to Ole Miss!

6th. IND: 2-1 / 67%; (Liberty & BYU won while Army lost to W. Virginia) 6th. MWC: 2-1 / 67%: (Nevada & Hawaii won / League Champ, San Jose lost to Ball State)

8th AAC: 1-5: Only Memphis won, beating Florida Atlantic; while Tulsa, Cincinnati, Central Florida, Tulane, & Houston all lost!

9th. PAC-12: 0-2 0.0%: Colorado lost to Texas & Oregon lost to Iowa State

10th ACC: 0-6 0.0% Clemson, Notre Dame, NC State, Miami, North Carolina, & wake Forest all lost 10th. C-USA 0-6 0.0%: Texas San Antonio, Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall & North Texas all fell in their Bowl games!

January 11th, National Championship Game

B-10, Ohio State vs SEC, Alabama

Some other facts re; the 2020 Bowl Season:

Sully’s College Football Page Game Simulator went 14-8-3 in the Bowl Season, this is straight up, not against the spread.

The site struggles when Group of 5 (G5) teams play Power 5 (P5) teams. The simulator works off only numbers and has no data on conference strength, recruitment, or other disparities. As a result, it predicted Army would beat WV (they lost 24-21), that Cincy would beat Georgia (UGA won 24-21) & that Tulsa would take down Mississippi State, the Golden Hurricanes lost, 28-26!

While these games were all close, the G5’s did not win a game vs P5 (the 3 games mentioned above & BYU beat Central Florida (UCF) in the 2020 Bowl Season! On SCFP, we count ND (Independent on a normal year) & BYU as part of the Power 5.

These two addition gives the Power 5 Conferences, 66 of the 130 teams (B-10, SEC, ACC have 14 team each / for a total of 42, the PAC-12 has 12 teams & the B-12 has 10, 22 together and 64 when added to the ACC’s, SEC’s, & B-10’s 42, and finally, to 66 with ND & BYU) in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

The G5 is also part of the FBS (an NCAA designation for 130 teams that must award 85 scholarships) that said, the P5 & G5 are constructs and are not part of the NCAA structure or language.

The Group of 5 has 64 teams (C-USA 14, MAC 12, AAC 11, MWC 12, SBC 10, & 5 IND (U-Conn, U-Mass, Liberty, New Mexico State, & Army!

The NCAA does have a Division 1 Football Championship, yet, Alabama & Ohio State are not playing for it, that tourney is played in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The CFP is not a sponsored NCAA Championship, but rather a creation of the Power 5 Conferences!

Given that, it should come as no surprise that the Group of 5 is not in, or getting in the CFP anytime soon! Either the NCAA has to create a tourney that all 130 teams have a path to enter or someone has to challenge the lack of access among public institutions!

Finally. I would hate to see the loss of the Bowl Games, yet I fear they are going the way of the College Football All-Star Game! The last College All Star game was played on July 23, 1976 and sad to say it, looks like the Bowls are going to fade into history as well!

http://sullyscollegefootballpage.com/Football_Stats/Games_Listings.cfm

The above web address will take you to Sully’s College Football Page’s Game List Tab. Once there, click in the Game Date Box and a calendar will drop.

The dates you want are 12/ 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, & 31.2020 & 1/ 1 & 2, 2021. What will come up will be a box score of statistical data, be sure to click on ‘View Matchup’ on the right side of the read-out. This will give you detailed information of the teams 2020 season, a projection of what the numbers said would happen and then a look as to what actually happened!

And as always, Enjoy the Games!

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